Fireplace.



No. '797,630 PATENTBD AUG. 22, 1905. L.. STOWB.

FIREPLAGE.

APPLIOATION FILED rBB.s.19o4.

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PATENTBD AUG. 22, 1905.

L. STOWE.

FIREPLAGE.

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FIREPLCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application filed February 3, 1904. Serial No. 191,827.

To rL/Z 1071/0711, it wwf/y concern:

Be it known that I, LARKIN S'rowu, a citizen of the United States, residing at Block, in the county of Campbell and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fireplaces, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings.

My improvement relates particularly to that type of fireplaces having an attachment re sembling a stove.

The object of the invention is to provide a iireplace with such an attachment adapted for heating, cooking, and baking.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section from the front to the rear. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Figs. 3 and 4 are details of the stovelegs, Fig. 4 being a horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a horizontal seetion of the fireplace, taken just above the baf- 'fie-plate. Fig. 6 is a vertical detail section of the baiiie-plate and its supporting-frame. Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional detail of the plate used for closing the fireplace-opening above the stove.

Referring to said drawings, 1 is the rear wall of the iireplaee, 2 is the hearth, and 3 is the grate or basket. These parts are of usual form.

For convenience the stove attachment will be herein termed the stovej and the same is designated 4..

The purpose of the stove is to conduct the products of combustion from the basket outward away from the fireplace into the room and then back again into the upper portion of the fireplace in order nthat a greater quantity of heat may be given off by said products of combustion for the heating of the room in which the iireplace is located and for the purpose of reaching the bottoms of cooking' utensils resting on the stove and for the purposei of properly heatinga baking-chamber. The stove extends horizontally outward from the lireplace. Its elevation may be varied more or less, according to the construction of the fireplace, and the stove may be supported in any suitable manner. For this purpose the drawings show four adjustable legs 5, one being attached to each corner of the stove and extending downward to the floor or hearth, and the drawings show the elevation of the stove such as to bring the lower portion of the main body thereof just above the upper bord er of the bas- A horizontal partition 6 extends from liet 3.

sideto side of the stove and from the front plane of the fireplace forward almost to the front upright wall of the stove. The purpose of such partition is to form a flue 7, extending' from the fireplace forward through the lower portion of the stove and thence rearward through the upper portion of the stove to the lireplace. The products of combustion are conipelled to pass through said flue by placing a partition between the upper and lower portions of the fireplace at substantially the level of said partition 6. In the drawings the baffleplate 8 is such a partition. Said bathe-plate is hinged at its rear edge and rests by its front edge upon the upper face of the rear portion of the partition 6. The meeting portions of said battle-plate and partition are preferably relatively ribbed and grooved, as shown in the drawings, in order to more completely prevent the passage of products of combustion between them` If the stove is to be used for cooking, the upper wall may be provided with any dcsired number of kettle-holes 9. The bati'leplate 8 may be secured in the lireplace in any suitable manner. For this purpose the drawings show a frame 10 extending horizontally along the interior faces of the fireplace and suitably secured to said faces by screw-bolts or similar devices 1l. At each rear corner of thel baffle-plate there is a horizontal journal 12 parallel to the rear edge of said plate, and each such journal rests in a corresponding bearing 13, formed in the upper face of the forward-directed portion of the frame 10. The rear edge of the baiile-plate is preferably rounded, as shown at 14. and extended into a corresponding groove 15, whereby a close joint similar to atable-leaf joint is made. Said. joint is adapted to prevent the passage of products of combustion when the baille-plate is in the horizontal position. Upon the forward portion of the upper face of the baiileplate there is formed a suitable staple or eye adapted for engagement with any suitable hand-tool for lifting the baiiic-plate for feed ing fuel into the basket 3 or for the removal of the stove.

The portion of the lircplacc-opening above the stove is closed by means of a closing-plate 17. Said plate may be secured in any suitable manner, as by buttons 18, secured to said plate and adapted to extend behind the metal front 19. In said plate 17 may be located a draftslide 20. To the upper portion of the front face of said plate 17 may be applied any desired number of staples or eyes 21 for receiving the legs 22 of a removable sheet-metal hood 23. The function of said hood is to conduct vapors from cooking vessels into the upper portion of the fireplace through the opening at the draft-slide 20. The closingplate 17 is to be removed for placing fuel into the basket, the stove remaining in position and the baiile-plate being turned up.

rlhe legs 5 are shown made of angle-iron, one piece 24 being attached rigidly to the stove and another piece 25 lapping over the lower portion of the part 24 and extending to the Hoor and being secured to the part Q4 by a bolt 26 extending through apertures 27 and 28, one of which is a vertical slot.

The drawings show an oven 29 applied to the lower portion of the stove. Said oven may, obviously, be applied permanently or removably. The latter form is shown by the drawings. Said oven has a baking-chamber 30, surrounded by'a Hue 3l, extending from the rear lower portion of the stove downward to and thence along the bottom of the oven to the front portion of the oven and thence upward to the bottom of the stove. The transverse dimensions of theflues 7 and 3l are .preferably equal. Above the entrance to said flue 3l the bottoni of the stove is removed and the space covered by a damper-plate 32, adapted to turn upward and backward on an axis parallel to the rear margin of said bottom. Said plate, since the flues 3l and 7 are of equal cross-section, is adapted to cover or cutoff either of said flues. An angle-arm 32"may extend from one end of the plate 32 through the wall of the stove to serve as a crank for turning said plate. In the front end of the stove the bottorn of the stove is similarly removed and a similar plate 33 is similarly hinged with reference to said iiues 7 and 3l, but arranged to turn upward and rearward. An anglearm 33 similar to the arm 239. is applied to the plate 33 for turning the latter. In the forward portion of the partition 6 there may be an opening 34, provided with a damperplate 35,having an angle-arm 36 extending The purpose of to the exterior of the stove.

said opening is to afford means for shortcircuiting the draft for stimulating the lire. It will be observed that this may be done by merely turning the arm 36 and without removing the closing-plate and raising the baiiie-plate.

I claim as my invention-- l. A stove adapted to be applied to a fireplace, said stove containing a bailie-plate fitted to the fireplace to deflect the products of combustion into the stove, an oven located in the lower portion of said stove, a flue extending through the stove above said oven and another flue extending around said oven, and means for directing the products of combustion through either of said flues, substantially as described.

9,. In a fireplace, the combination of a stove applied to the front portion of the fireplace, said stove containing a horizontal partition,an oven beneath said stove and having a Hue communicating at each end with the lower portion of the stove-flue, and damper-plates at the junctions of said ilues, substantially as described.

3. In a fireplace, the combination of astove applied to the front portion of the fireplace, said stove comprising a horizontal partition, a detachable oven beneath said stove and having a flue communicating at each end with the lower portion of the stove-due, and damn pei-plates at the junctions of said iiues, substantially as described.

4. In a lireplace, the combination of a stove having a horizontal partition, 6,providcd with an opening, 34C within the stove, and a damper-plate, 35, and a baffle-plate, hinged at its rear and extending forward and bearing upon the rear edge of said partition, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof Ihave signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 30th day of January, 1904.

LARKIN STOVE. lVitn esses:

HORACE VAN DEVENTER, CYRUS REHR. 

